{"id":3302,"date":"2024-04-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/day-40\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:25:45","slug":"day-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/day-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 40:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting Point: Spivey Gap (333.4)<\/p>\n<div>Ending Point: Erwin, TN (344.6)<\/div>\n<div>Total miles: 11.2 miles<\/div>\n<div>Steps: 26,518<\/div>\n<div>Injuries: Back?<\/div>\n<div>Achievements:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh51wcbNb4pcIOKTzSrGUYDDDw_kjY1Vx54Kra_sJgAbP_vhyTecos1FUao9TpX05Q72lTKGh3jfAUPgcpfdamIhSLaUW6dF1Yd9tbWh-OC_ppnPL_qjtYsWZjr68yHMOIxtuDNG-VazR-lPNM7453IWnZqoldi-IRENDKMWz3BVi1TDeYQOGAE36AZCVA\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh51wcbNb4pcIOKTzSrGUYDDDw_kjY1Vx54Kra_sJgAbP_vhyTecos1FUao9TpX05Q72lTKGh3jfAUPgcpfdamIhSLaUW6dF1Yd9tbWh-OC_ppnPL_qjtYsWZjr68yHMOIxtuDNG-VazR-lPNM7453IWnZqoldi-IRENDKMWz3BVi1TDeYQOGAE36AZCVA\" width=\"400\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>Today was my second day of slackpacking.&nbsp; Eleven miles into town, almost all downhill.&nbsp; It was the first time I marched with others and told stories making the day go fast.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The views were great.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjIqEyGiqvdF51I4QjqzyT89jeB31YHX_fpi4TdJVZ7DApr4p3xhtF9aDR8bkit4hiTaba2JgtazLgC-RJOlgt4LCzzFUbKHxPTkIlNn1yGd8OD9evp4JHlVhJ1COYipTSk6uyahK52u5cX5fn9HmwWWa1dAOSWByFtdGZvdLCvowBLq29sM6tVukwOLF4\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjIqEyGiqvdF51I4QjqzyT89jeB31YHX_fpi4TdJVZ7DApr4p3xhtF9aDR8bkit4hiTaba2JgtazLgC-RJOlgt4LCzzFUbKHxPTkIlNn1yGd8OD9evp4JHlVhJ1COYipTSk6uyahK52u5cX5fn9HmwWWa1dAOSWByFtdGZvdLCvowBLq29sM6tVukwOLF4\" width=\"400\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>Uncle Jonny&#8217;s Hostel is right off the trail.&nbsp; There was a good gathering of people.&nbsp; While discussing shoes, I discovered I blew out my shoe.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgLoMTVEiqPUW2YFaYV_g8wB8qJG9cevKTqvTVbpGoBv4qa3EUwBC1Udks-L-CLw2JZL9jt6geu8TxkcalFZlP_Qv76x-PTyoao8xY9B2X0HT0agnbseaXe5SAxBAJlhjMSakZn33I8wBmSWBBjS6Oh_WcDO1x2jHmWlI3U9CEMkwD7xEF39wa0ycfy9mA\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgLoMTVEiqPUW2YFaYV_g8wB8qJG9cevKTqvTVbpGoBv4qa3EUwBC1Udks-L-CLw2JZL9jt6geu8TxkcalFZlP_Qv76x-PTyoao8xY9B2X0HT0agnbseaXe5SAxBAJlhjMSakZn33I8wBmSWBBjS6Oh_WcDO1x2jHmWlI3U9CEMkwD7xEF39wa0ycfy9mA\" width=\"400\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>That changes the plan for tomorrow.&nbsp; Instead of resupplying today, I&#8217;ll need to go into the town proper and buy a new set of Lone Peaks as well.&nbsp; That means I won&#8217;t get out of town until the afternoon.&nbsp; Oh well.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting Point: Spivey Gap (333.4) Ending Point: Erwin, TN (344.6) Total miles: 11.2 miles Steps: 26,518 Injuries: Back? Achievements: Today was my second day of slackpacking.&nbsp; Eleven miles into town, almost all downhill.&nbsp; It was the first time I marched with others and told stories making the day go fast. The views were great. Uncle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/day-40\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 40:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3306,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions\/3306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}